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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Eighty-degrees and sunny appears to suit the University of Pennsylvania women’s tennis team just fine, as the Quakers won for the second straight day on their spring trip to California, defeating Gonzaga, 5-2, Tuesday afternoon.

In singles, Eskenazi picked up a 6-2, 6-0 victory in the No. 1 position to lead Penn, and the Red and Blue swept the bottom half of play with Do winning 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4, freshman Luba Vazhenina rolling 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 and Ion winning 7-6, 6-1 at the No. 6 position.

Daniel lost only her second singles match of the season, falling in a third set to Gonzaga’s Samantha Polayes 2-6, 6-2, 10-2. The Bulldogs also picked up a point in the third position.

Penn will have two days in California before its next match against UC Irvine (6-5), in Irvine. The match begins Friday afternoon at 4:30 Eastern time.